Blood And Chocolate (Spoiler)

So, a long time ago I read the book Blood and Chocolate at the command of one of my friends who promised I would love it. Well, I read it and it was a love/hate relationship. I really liked Vivian, the main character, but hated the human boy she fell in love with, Aiden. I did like Gabriel, the head of the 'pack' who wants Vivian to be his 'mate'.
The story is about Vivian falling in love with Aiden and ultimately wanting to share the fact that she is a werewolf with him. In the book she loves who she is and is really proud of her heritage. Once she reveals herself Aiden gets totally freaked and eventually tries to kill Vivian who doesn't die but she does end up with Gabriel who had loved her all along. It's a really good novel once the annoying Aiden is finally gone and Vivian and Gabriel can finally be together as they were meant to be.

This weekend I watched the movie Blood and Chocolate. Naturally I assumed it would be different from the book but how different I wasn't prepared for. My first problem with the movie was Astrid. In the movie Astrid is Vivian's aunt whom she moved in with after the death of her parents (and siblings?). This was totally weird and off because Astrid IS Vivian's mom. That aside I continued the movie. I lost my patience with the movie once I realized they had no intention of following the book what so ever. According to the movie the pack had these little ritual 'hunts' where everybody went after one particular human. The real pack never did this as it was against their code. Also, not only did Vivian and Aiden meet completely different, so was their relationship. The stupid movie had Aiden stick with Vivian to the end which I hated since the real Aiden was to much of a jerk to do. But what happened at the end made everything else seem like simple changes compared to this. They KILLED Gabriel. My sweet, loving, leader. In a truly 'Underworld' tone, they treated Gabriel as if he were the vamp leader. They acted like he was driven by the need for power. His death was all to quick and it seemed as if it didn't even matter. How can they call it the same when the entire ending changed??

I'm really sorry for ranting but I just couldn't stand it. This has really upset me and I can't believe Annette Curtis Klause, the author, was willing to let them rip her story apart. None of the characters acted the same (other than the annoying group of young males in the pack) and they changed the ending. If I ever end up publishing a novel, please don't ever let this happen to my novel. If they make a movie about it I would hope that they'd at least have the decency to leave my ending the way I wrote it.